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No. 6I7,6`09. Patented lan. I0, |899.

P. J. SPRACKLEN.

MERRY-G-l'tUND.

(Application led May 12, 189B.)

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No. 6I7,609. y Patented Jan. I0, |899. P. J. SPRACKLEN.

MERRY-Go-nounn.

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P. J. .SPRACKLEN- MERRY-GO-RUUND.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

PETER J. SPRAOKLEN, OF KENTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO BESSIE WV. THOMSON, OFSAME PLACE.

MERRY-Go-ROUND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\Io. 617,609, datedJanuary 10, 1899.

' Application filed May l2, 1898. Serial No. 680,489. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-A

Be it known that I, PETER J. SPEACKLEN, of Kenton, in the vcounty ofHardin and-State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Merry-Go-Round, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a game attachment formerry-go-rounds so constructed that a number of figures or articles maybe brought at the will of the riders 4in the path of thestriking-section of a wind-engine or other form of'motor for the purposeof determining how many, if any, of the figures or articles can bedislodged by the action of the motor.

I will describe a merry-go-round embodying my invention, and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a merry-go-round fittedwith my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan View of that portion of themerry-go-round shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an end view of a portion ofthe merry-go-round, a part of the outer beam carrying the attachmentbeing broken away. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken substantially onthe line 4 4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating themanner in which the objects to be dislodged are connected with theirsupports.l

A represents the mast of a merry-go-round, and B the arms that are torevolve around the mast. O represents carriages which are supported fromthe said arms.

D is a drum adapted to revolve around the mast, and E represents driving-chains for the said drum, the drum being attached to the arms B, andthe driving-chains being connected with pedals c, attached to thecarriages O.

Each pair of arms B is connected bytwo parallel beams 10, one beam beingat the front or outer end portion of the arms and the other beam anypreferred distance to the rear. A frame 11 is erected upon the forwardbeam 10, and this frame is adapted to support a windengine 12 or otherform of motor. The shaft 13 of the wind-engine 12 is journaled in asuitable bearing 14, secured on the frame 11,

and the shaft 13 of the wind-engine is provided with a downwardly andinwardly projecting arm 15, which arm supports a ball 16 or theequivalent thereof, the ball being connected with the arm by a cord 17or the equivalent thereof.

Between the beams 10 a rocking frame F is located. This rocking framegenerally consists of two parallel side bars 18, connected by end bars19, and the rocking frame is pivoted through the medium of a shaft 20,passed centrally through the rocking frame and through thesupporting-beams 10, as is best shown in Fig. 2. Tracks 21 are carriedby the rocking frame F, the said tracks extending from end to end of theframe, as is also best shown in Fig. 2. A. car is adapted to travelon'the tracks 21, the car consisting of a suitable platform 22, providedwith double sets of Wheels 23, the wheels being so arranged as to engagewith both the top and thebottom surfaces of said tracks 21, as is bestshown in Fig. 3. Figures 24, tenpins, or otherlike objectsare locatedupon the. car and are attached to the platform 22 thereof, preferably byhinges 25, and any suitable means may be provided for restoring thefigures or tenpins to a vertical position after they have been knockeddown.

At each'end of the structure formed by the side beams 10 a trip-arm islocated. Each trip-arm consists ofI a shaft 26, vjournaled in suitablebearings upon the upper faces of the beams 10, as shown in Fig. 4, andeach shaft is provided at one of its ends with a crankarm 27 towhich arope or cord 28 is attached. A stirrup 29 extends downward from eachshaft 26, and the rocking frame F is located within the said stirrups.The shaft 26 of -each trip-arm is provided with -a latch 30,

preferably of angular form, and the heads of these latches are adaptedto enter recesses 3l, made in the platform 22 of the car, as is bestshown in Fig. 3.

In the operation of the device the person seated in one of the carriagesupon drawing downward upon the cord 28, attached to one of thetrip-arms, will cause the stirrup-section of that arm to engage with thebottom of the rocking frame F and carry that end of IOO the frameupward, causing the opposite end of the rocking frame to be depressed,Whereupon the car carrying the tenpins or other objects will travel downthe tracks 2l, then in an inclined position, and of necessity the carwill pass in the path of the ball 16, carried by the Wind-engine, andthe ball in the movement of the arm l5 may dislodge one or more of thetenpins or other objects, or the objects on the car may pass beneath theWindengine Without being struck by the ball. party in the opposite carWill then draw downward upon the rope or cord 2S and cause the car totravel back to the point from which it started. Each time that the carreaches the end of the tracks 2l the latch 30 at that end will enter therecess 3l in the platform 22 and hold the car stationary until ithasbeen purposely released.

I desire it to be understood that the cords 2S may be, and in manyinstances preferably are, attached directly to the rocking frame I andthat the latch when employed may be a gravitydatch.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. In a merry-go-round, a motor provided with astriking-arm, and a carriage provided with objects capable of beingdislodged, said carriage being arranged to travel in the path of thestriking-arm of the said motor, for the purpose set forth.

2( The combinatiomwith a merry-go-round, of a Windengine provided with astrikingsection, the said striking-section heilig adapted to engage withany object in the radius that said section may describe, substantiallyas described.

3. In a merry-go-round, a wind-engine'provided With a striking-arm, anda carriage held to travel beneath the striking-arm of the saidwind-engine, as and for the purpose set forth.

et. In a merry-go-round, a wind-engine provided With a Weight having aiiexiblc connection with the shaft of the said wind-engine, a rockingsupport, a carriage held to travel upon the rocking support, in the pathof the Weight carried by the said engine, and a locking device for thecarriage, substantially as set forth.

5. In a merry-go-round, the combination with a wind-engine, a weight anda exible connection between the Weight and the shaft of the saidWind-engine, of a rocking'frame, trips for the said rocking,- framelocated atits ends, and a carriage adapted to carry objects to bedislodged, which carriage is held to travel on the rocking frame in thepath of the Weight connected with the said wind-engine, as and forthe'purpose set forth.

6. In a merry-go-round, a wind-engine car* ried by the revolving arms ofthe merry-goround, the Windengine being provided with astriking-section, which section is adapted to engage with objects in itspath, for the purpose set forth.

7. In a merry-go-round, the combination with the revoluble arms thereof,a frame carried by the said arms, a Wind-engine supported on the saidframe, and a weight carried by the said wind-engine and connected withthe shaft thereof, of a rocking` frame locked beneath thesupporting-frame of the Wind-engine, a trip device located at each endof the rocking frame, means for operati ng the trip devices from a pointbelow the rocking frame, tracks supported by the rockin g frame, a carheld to travel on the said tracks, and latches carried by the tripVdevices and adapted for locking` engagement With the said car, as andfor the purpose setforth.

PETER J. SPRACKLEN.

lV itnesses:

H. H. PFEIFFER, JAMES RAY STELLINGS.

